Evans couple dies after Sunday motorcycle crash

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A Sunday evening motorcycle crash has claimed the lives of an Evans couple.

Ernest Kohn, 39, of Evans was riding a 2005 Harley-Davidson with fiancee Renee Dinkel, 46, as a passenger when the motorcycle collided with the back end of a 2013 Dodge Avenger, according to Colorado State Patrol. The crash, which ejected Kohn and Dinkel from the motorcycle, occurred south of Windsor on Colo. 257.

Dinkel was transported to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, where she died later that night. Kohn remained overnight in the Intensive Care Unit at the same hospital and was pronounced dead Monday, according to the Weld County Coroner’s Office. Neither was wearing a helmet, said Trooper Nate Reid.

Alcohol is being investigated as a factor, Reid said.

Reid said the driver of the Avenger, Jimmy Gallegos, 53 of Fort Collins, was not injured, nor were any of his four passengers. Gallegos has not been cited.

The crash brings the number of fatal crashes on Weld County roads this year to 17. By this time last year, 23 people had died in crashes.

Dinkel’s sister, Tina Watson, said Dinkel and Kohn often took motorcycle rides and spent as much time together as possible.

“They were truly in love,” she said.

Watson said her sister will be deeply missed by her parents, four siblings, nieces, nephews and friends.

Watson said Dinkel’s four children — a boy and three girls — were her world.

“She would feed her children before she fed herself,” Watson said.

Watson said Dinkel worked at Pop-Ins Custom Cleaning and Subway. She said Dinkel’s smile was one of her most memorable attributes.

“Everyone loved her,” Watson said. “She had a smile that shined like a rainbow.”